An item reported that the American merchant schooner Winslow, gross tonnage 566 tons, was captured by the German raider Wolf in the Pacific Ocean off Raoul or Sunday Island, Kermadec Group on 22 June 1917, set on fire with 4 bombs,39 rounds fired to bring her masts down, finally burned and sunkg without casualties.
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American ship casualties of the World War including naval vessels, merchant ships, sailing vessels and fishing craft. Corrected to 1 April 1923. Navy Department, Washington, 1923.
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